Richard B. Spencer

Richard Bertrand Spencer (11 May 1978-) was an American white supremacist who led the alt-right National Policy Institute.

Biography
Richard Bertrand Spencer was born in Boston, Massachusetts on 11 May 1978, and he grew up in Dallas, Texas. Spencer received an M.A. degree in humanities from the University of Chicago, and he became a white supremacist speaker. In 2011, he became President of the National Policy Institute, an alt-right think tank, and he advocated a homeland for the "dispossesed white race" and the "peaceful ethnic cleansing" of the region to prevent European culture from being "deconstructed". Spencer rejected the ideology of conservatism, claiming that it did not focus on white interests, and he supported the alt-right movement, becoming a vocal supporter of Donald Trump. In mid-November 2016, he was filmed giving a speech at an alt-right conference in Washington DC in front of 200 people, during which he shouted, "Hail Trump, hail our people, hail victory!", which was met with Nazi salutes from the crowd. Spencer also praised Stephen Bannon's appointment as an adviser to Trump.